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The third season of the F4 Central European Zone championship has come to an end, and just like in previous years, the battle for the title went right down to the final round. This time, the Automotodrom Brno played host to a showdown between Jenzer Motorsport teammates Gino Trappa and Max Karhan.
The event, known as the Masaryk Racing Days, offered fans an eclectic mix of series, from sports cars to touring cars to single-seaters. But it was F4 CEZ that delivered something the other categories could not – a decisive championship fight.
Argentine driver Gino Trappa arrived in Brno with a 35-point lead in the championship, giving him the luxury of adopting a more cautious approach. He didn’t need to risk everything or fight for every position. Consistent points finishes would be enough, provided he kept a close eye on his rival and teammate Max Karhan. For Karhan, racing on home soil, the challenge was steep but not impossible: he needed to throw everything into the weekend and hope fortune would turn against Trappa.
But Trappa left nothing to chance, keeping his focus firmly on one goal – securing the championship crown. Jenzer Motorsport’s consistent four-man line-up of Trappa, Karhan, Javier Herrera and Nicolas Cortes locked out the front four positions in qualifying. Herrera took pole, with Trappa back in fourth, but separated by only 0.116 seconds. That’s how close the quartet was.
Across the three Brno races, Trappa finished sixth once and fifth twice, a results that proved enough for the title. Karhan, meanwhile, crossed the line second in all three races, extending his podium streak to thirteen in a row, but still came up nine points short. Trappa’s cautious approach paid off; he avoided risky overtakes on a circuit where a failed move can quickly put you under pressure from behind. That was exactly what happend to Mathilda Paatz, who in her duel with Kirill Kutskov for a podium spot, slipped back after an unsuccessful attack. Paatz and Kutskov were however the only ones able to match the pace of Jenzer’s leading quartet. Driving for Mathilda Racing and Maffi Racing respectively, they were the main disruptors of the blue-and-black dominance throughout the weekend. Kutskov even claimed victory in the final race, ending Javier Herrera’s winning run after he had taken the first two.
Action unfolded throughout the field, with the second race delivering the most excitement as Teodor Borenstein (Maffi Racing) and Benett Gáspár (Zengo Motorsport) joined the podium fight.
The Brno finale provided exactly the kind of spectacle fans have come to expect from F4 CEZ. Drama that begins with a competitive qualifying and ends with the chequered flag in race three. But this time, it wasn’t just another weekend; it was the season finale of 2025. For the next chapter in the story, we’ll have to wait until 2026.
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